Statistics about families give you information about the numbers and make-up of different kinds of families (such as sole parents, families with and without children, and people living alone) and their economic and social circumstances.

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New Zealand General Social Survey
Information on the well-being of New Zealanders aged 15 years and over. Covers a wide range of social and economic measures and how well-being outcomes are distributed across different population groups.

Time Use Survey: 2009/10
The 2009/10 Time Use Survey provides information on how New Zealanders aged 12 years and over spend their time and who they spend their time with.

2006 Disability Survey
Key results from the 2006 Disability Survey. Find out about New Zealand adults and children who have a disability or impairment, and caregivers of disabled children.

National Family and Household Projections
Updated every 2–3 years, projections give an indication of the future number of families and households in New Zealand by broad family type and broad household type, based on different combinations of fertility, mortality, migration, and living arrangement type assumptions.

Subnational Family and Household Projections
Updated every 2–3 years, projections give an indication of the future number of families and households in regions and territorial authority areas within New Zealand by broad family type and broad household type, based on different combinations of fertility, mortality, migration, and living arrangement type assumptions.